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Book review : ‘Sofia: Ideology, Urban planning and Life under Socialism’ by Elitza Stanoeva
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Book review : ‘Sofia: Ideology, Urban planning and Life under Socialism’ by Elitza Stanoeva
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This article is part of a student essay dedicated to the history of Sliven, which has been awarded second prize in the IX National History Competition „Borders in History - History without Borders“ organized by Values Foundation (2015-2016). The selected part of the paper examines the ethnic borders in the wake of Bulgaria’s National Revival.
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Humankind has been exposed to climate extremes from the very beginning of its existence. Today, prevention and mitigation of natural catastrophes have become a priority for International Union and World Meteorological Organization. Atmospheric electrical discharges and thunders represent an event characteristic of our part of the world in the warm half of a year. This climate event pose a danger to human life and material goods, so this work discusses approximate number of days with thunder and the absolutely highest number of days with thunder in Serbia in the period from 1995 to 2005.
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Studying and deciphering the Greek books in Emmanuel’s Vaskidovich’s library motivate us to rebuild its content. Sorting the titles based on their subject matter and analysing them as prime examples of the European Enlightement thought allows us to appreciate this fascinating library which contains the most important works of the European Enlightement and Ancient Greece. The teaching aids for the study of geography, history, philosophy, grammar and vocabulary that belonged to this important teacher of the Revival demonstrate the high level of education that he was able to give the future generations of Bulgarians, some of whom were the leading figures of the post-liberation period in Bulgaria.
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In this mostly theoretical paper we tried to explain and understand some parts of the demographic reality of Serbia. Before all, we recognized some issues and problems of demographic influences and changes in population structure on developing economy which is on very beginning of transition of economic system, and in the same time the end of demographic transition of a population as a system is long gone. What difficulties this misbalance between phases of development of population and economy is carrying, and what is in front of us, shinning future or blind alley for both of this systems, is an issue? Most attention is referred to fertility influence, in our case below replacement fertility, on age structure, and indirectly on labor potential, and consequentially on size and structure of labor to one economic system performances.
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During the last decade the cruise industry has been the tourism niche that has experienced the most rapid growth of all. However, this form of tourism is still in its infancy and has not been relatively well researched. The aim of the paper is to identify average age of cruisers on the Corridor 7. It remains unknown whether similar researches have ever been conducted. The article demonstrates the dominance of 'silver hair' cruisers on the Corridor 7. Furthermore, we found that the age groups 60-84 were the most represented in with the domination of age groups 70-74 and 65-69. The purpose of this study was to at least support a timely adaptation to trends in the cruising industry. The results of the research may initiate further studies on the cause and effect connections between this type of traveling and resources of receptive countries, upon which the travels are based, both aiming at adequate design and launching of the tourist offer, i.e. the optimal development of receptive countries through sustainable tourism.
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It is a well-known fact that the evangelists (excluding Luke) prefer the Present tense for their stories. Is there any particular grammatical code behind the account of the past which occurs in the Present tense (the Gospels were written at least two to three decades after the events they describe), as most theologians today think? The analyzed examples show the lack of such a code and the influence of oral Semitic speech.
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Организовањем научних скупова новембра 2000. и децембра 2001. године, те објављивањем зборника радова са ових скупова' Филозофски факултет у Бањој Луци започео је веома значајан пројекат прео бражаја научног живота у Републици Српској и Босни и Херцеговини. Политички односи посљедње деценије 20. вијека свакако нису ишли наруку научним стријемљењима на цијелом простору бивше СФРЈ, a чини се да је територија Босне и Херцеговине нарочита погођена ратним дешавањима и да најтеже санира њихове посљедице. Самим тим треба поздравити одлуку руководства бањалучког Филозофског факултета да сваке године организује научне скупове о темама које би биле довољно свеобухватне да у њих буду укључене све друштвене науке без обзира на своју различитост.
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In the 1960s commuting in Vojvodina developed less intensively in comparison with Central Serbia. The increase in the share of daily migrant workers in the area of Vojvodina ensued as the consequence of strong process of industrialization and massive transition of active population from agriculture to non-agricultural activities (especially industry). The latest 2002 population census data have shown that the share of commuters who work out of their residence is higher in Vojvodina in relation to Central Serbia, i.e. the centre of development of commuting has been transferred to the area of Vojvodina. The link between extent and directions of commuting in the area of Vojvodina and the economic activity carried out by daily migrant workers are presented and discussed in the paper. Data formed by a special processing of the 2002 population census were used for the needs of the analysis. Based on these data, the categorization of the municipalities of Vojvodina is carried out according to the share of the leading activities of daily migrant workers (the primary, the secondary, the tertiary and quaternary sector) in the total number of daily migrants, as well as to the index of diversity of convergent and divergent daily migrant workers according to activity they perform. The results obtained on the basis of the index of diversity enable the comparison of qualitative differences of convergent and divergent flows of active daily migrants according to economic activity they perform in a certain area. The research and familiarization with presented links and relations contribute to the formation of the base for defining corresponding developmental (population and economic) policies of areas which are connected by commuting.
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The decision on the ban on the activity of dervishes and closing of all tekkiyas in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina was passed by the highest bodies of the Islamic community in Yugoslavia in 1952. By coordinated activities of government and Islamic bodies dervishes were gradually marginalised and neutralised in the Republic of Macedonia. The deep roots of Sufism, historic connections of dervishes with part of Albanian population and presence of a number of active tekkiyas, prevented a similar action conducted in Kosovo and Metohija from being successful. Favourable political circumstances arising after the adoption of the Constitution of SFRY in 1974 bolstered the confidence of dervishes and after the initially planned Association, founded an independent, also from the official Islamic community, the Community of Islamic Dervish Orders. Government bodies, primarily because of the negative attitude of the official Islamic community, were against the formation of a new religious community, but measures, at the disposal of the ideological state at the time, were not undertaken to prevent its constituent conference and subsequent operation. In line with political opportunism characteristic of that period, a negative attitude to dervishes and their organisation was taken by certain bodies of socio-political organisations at the time, whose conclusions, in this case, were not mandatory in practice. Instead of expected ban, in 1984 dervishes formed their special Association, adopted a Statute and elected a Presidency. Special activity was not developed, but relations were established with government representatives and a contract concluded for pension and invalidity and health insurance of dervishes. This analysis clearly shows that the competent authorities failed to interpret correctly the reasons because of which the independent dervish organisation had been formed, nor did they understand the essence of tasawwuf and its theological, political and social doctrine. The influence of dervishes on the aggravation of the situation in Kosovo and Metohija should not be underestimated, which will be best illustrated by the fact that their presence was the greatest in the municipalities of Djakovica, Decane, Suva Reka and Prizren, where the numbers of the Serbian population, with the exception of Prizren, were the lowest in the entire Kosovo and Metohija until 1991.
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The paper discusses peculiarities inherent in formation and development of the administrative-territorial structure of the Volga estuary in the Golden Horde period, singles out economic micro-regions included in the Khan’s domain and offers geographical characteristics of the lower reaches of the Volga River, which had influenced the development of the Golden Horde cities and the formation of their suburbs.
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The leading premise was that the demographic processes and phenomena are the basic factor and a determinant of geopolitical characteristics and position of Republika Srpska as an individual entity witin the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Within these circumstances, we shall indicate the relevant demogeographic potentials as a quantitative-qualitative cathegory, the consequences of which are crucial to the survival of Republika Srpska.
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The paper deals with the overview of the demographic situation of France in recent history. Demographic factor is presented as of utter importance in the big power relations from the military, economic and political aspects. After nearly two centuries of the slower demographic growth, vis-à-vis Germany, after the Second World War, the France outpaced its neighbor in the terms of the demographic growth. This process is explained mostly by the higher emigration rate to France.
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In the article, the current demographic situation that has developed in Russia and can be described as a demographic crisis isanalysed. One of its most important characteristics is the negative qualitative changes that occur in the population. Modern informationtechnology contributes a lot to this process. The negative qualitative changes in the population, which have begun in the second halfof the 1980s and have increased in present-day Russia, prevent the development of human capital in the country. In addition to that,the authors give their own interpretation of the concept of "human capital". The purpose of the paper is to justify the primacy of thedemographic factor in the formation and development of human capital. Migration in the form of a brain drain also has a negativeimpact on the development of human capital in Russia and its regions. The human development index calculated for the countryas a whole and for its regions confirms the above-mentioned. In the paper, the methods of demographic analysis, the demographicindicators and indexes, which can serve to analyse the qualitative characteristics of the population, are utilized. The authors arrive atthe conclusion that at the present stage, it is impossible to develop human capital without solving the demographic problems. This isespecially true for some regions of Russia.Awareness of this will contribute to the more efficient management of demographic processes, which, in turn, will guarantee thepositive development of human capital, strengthening and development of the Russian economy and society as a whole.
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The article is devoted to the analysis of “marriage market” in the Sverdlovsk region and its comparison with the corresponding situation in the Russian Federation. In recent years, the level of marriage rate (per 1000 population) has reduced. According to the first hypothesis of the author, the decline in the marriage rate is a result of deterioration in the “marriage market”. This deterioration is due to the ageing of the population; disproportion between the number of unmarried men and women; unrealistic intentions of many men to marry women significantly younger than themselves (women rarely agree to a marriage with a large age difference). A second hypothesis is that the number of marriages decreases because people do not want to marry, even if there are potential brides and grooms age-appropriate for them. To test both hypotheses, the author applies his unique method of nuptial potentials. Under this method, the number of marriages is compared not with the number of population, nor with the number of unmarried men (or unmarried women). It is compared with additional nuptial potential that is with the maximum possible number of marriages in this situation in the marriage market. Calculations by the method of nuptial potential have confirmed both author’s hypotheses, and showed that the situation in “marriage market” is similar in the Sverdlovsk region and across Russia as a whole. Moreover, the method of nuptial potentials can be used to compare demographic projections taking into account the nuptiality.
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Basing on the abundant factual evidence and sociological data, the article analyses the urgent problems of the development of demographic potential in Russia, of the country’s population health and of increasing welfare. However, the author emphasizes that irrespective of the chosen model of economic development and external-economic conjuncture in the situation of demographic crisis Russia can hope to a social-economic stabilization at best. It is also noted that one cannot speak about any leadership in global politics and economy without working out and realization of the state’s strategic programme of overcoming the demographic crisis.
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The article shows the differences in demographic processes in the regions of Russia, due to economic and social factors, peculiarities of resettlement. The situation in the regions is so different that even the most important demographic problems for Russia-depopulations, ultra-low life expectancy, and a strong aging of the population-do not appear everywhere. The processes of modernizing reproductive behavior go at different rates: in the largest agglomerations, a model of "deferred births" is formed similar to the West European model because of the priority of the career for women, and in some underdeveloped republics traditional large families remain. However, the general trend in the reproduction of the population is the gradual reduction of regional differences. On the contrary, the migration processes of the 21st century are polarized: migratory influx zones are localized in a few economically attractive cities and regions, and an increasing part of the country's territory loses its population in the migration exchange. As a result, the demographic space of Russia in the transition period has become more mosaic.
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The article deals with previously unstudied wooden chapels from the period between the late XVIII and the early XX centuries of one of the most ancient parishes of Kargopol. The tasks of the research included studying historical sources on the objects under consideration and tracing their construction history. The aim of the study was to identify the uniqueness of the architectural and constructive solutions of the chapels by comparing them with their analogues and examining them in the context of the wooden architecture of the region as a whole. The article materials were collected through historical and archival research and field investigation of the buildings. The revealed architectural features of the chapels under study correspond to the nature of the spread of wooden architecture in Poonezhye. Thus, new historical studies made it possible to introduce little-known objects into scientific circulation, trace their history, study architecture and as a whole replenish knowledge about the wooden monuments of the Russian North.
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Conference Proceedings "Diplomatic, Economic and Cultural Relations between China and Central and Eastern European Countries" is published by the Confucius Institute at Veliko Turnovo University, Bulgaria since 2016. It is issued once a year and is dedicated to publishing and disseminating original articles with a focus on linguistics, arts, law, economics, education and cultural studies concerning China and CEE countries.
The Editorial Board is comprised of prominent Bulgarian and foreign scholars with academic credentials. Reviewers sign a declaration stating that they will accept for reviewing only materials against which there is no bias and conflict of interest in terms of texts and their authors. Authors should comply with Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement of the edition.
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The article examines chronologically all books by the literary critic, aesthetician, philosopher, and editor-inchief of the Misаl Magazine (1892–1907) which was extremely important for the early Bulgarian Modernism. It also analyzes the compositional and structural strategies of those books and, consequently, makes important observations on the mechanisms through which their literary-critical, theoretical and conceptual-historical messages were formulated.
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